Gun Safe-What do yall have?

roverMc

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When you buy the safe, check the fire rating also. You may be protecting them from fire as well as robbers. My safe is a Canon and I think it's a pretty good safe as far as gun safes go. If you can, bolt it down to the floor to add time to would-be thieves.
 

kennith

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Apr 22, 2004
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ptschram said:
My dad knew a guy (and was sworn to secrecy as to his identity and where the "safe" is in the house) who was either a dentist or a mortician.

His safe was built out of the basement. If you did not disarm the alarm, in addition to locking the house, setting off sirens and calling the state police (he had lots of class III stuff), it also gassed the entrance with vomisite. A gas that has very unpleasant side-effects.

It was claimed he had at least a mil just in his Browning collection. Browning machine guns!

Safes are only as good as the tools one has. Given the proximity of my shop to my house, I doubt there would be much of anything safe for long.

Your best friend is a membrane pressure switch inside a floor mat. They are very easy to make, and can operate all manner of things with a wireless transmitter.

There are a lot of ways to unsettle an intruder. Constant noises, like those seemingly pointless alarms, are a good place to start. Constant, blinding light is great as well. From then on, methods begin to seem silly, but depending on what you have, they can make a horrifyingly effective deterrent.

Like Beethoven, however, you need to understand the darkness behind the music. A light has no meaning without darkness. A noise has no meaning without silence.

When you understand this, you can destroy someone's effectiveness very quickly, without gassing or hurting anyone.

If you want to be sure your system receives power when the lines are cut, simply share a line between your house and your neighbor's. In a development, odds are, someone has an alarm. It's easy to convince people to do it, as an easy precaution. You are in control of the situation; they are simply a means to an end. They don't use their alarm anyway, and yours won't draw any real power until it is used.

If you don't have a neighbor, have two different lines. Cut one, and the everything shuts off on a short trigger, leaving them confident. The other one still powers the system.

None of these things are complicated. Examine your collection, and then determine what is warranted.

Cheers,

Kennith
 

chris snell

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Fort Knox is what I have. Definitely not cheap but a very capable safe that looks nice enough to keep inside your home.